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Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Death penalty by Rintaro M

I support the idea of using the death penalty as a
form of criminal punishment. First of all, the death penalty can function as a
deterrent. If we all know that using the death penalty is allowed as a criminal
punishment, the number of crimes will decrease. All people think their own
lives are quite precious and avoid committing crimes because they have the possibility
that they will punished by the death penalty. Secondly, criminals must atone
for their serious crime. A dead person never revives. To commit murder
absolutely can’t be forgiven. In fact, some criminals have the serious reasons
and I think there is sometimes room for compassion. For example, a man was
terribly bullied for a long time and he murdered the bully as he couldn’t stand
the bullying anymore. However others commit murder with no reason or with only
malice. For example, a man committed murder only because he wanted to kill
anyone or only because he felt impatience with someone impulsively. I think the
latter should be punished by the death penalty, and otherwise they can’t atone
for their serious crime. Most importantly, considering the feelings of the
family of the victim, the law should punish the criminal by the death penalty.
If I were the family of the victim, I would want to kill the criminal with my
hands. However it is also murder. The family of the victim can’t do anything to
the criminal. All they can do is to lament the death of one of their family and
to have a grudge against the criminal. So instead of the family of the victim,
the law should punish the criminal by the death penalty. As I have said, I
think that the law should use the death penalty as a form of criminal
punishment.